“I have nothing to do with Project 2025,” Trump said less than two months before the 2024 election, PBS News reported at the time. “Trump embracing Project 2025 (after distancing himself during campaign) and vowing to implement deep cuts envisioned by Russ Vought amid shutdown,” observed CNN’s Manu Raju. “Remember the good ole days where Trump told us he didn’t know what Project 2025 was?” wrote Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov. “Trump last year: ‘I have nothing to do with Project 2025.’ Trump now: ‘Boy am I excited to see what the government will be shaped like after Mr. Project 2025 is done recreating it,'” wrote The Bulwark’s Andrew Egger. He is, and was always, Project 2025,” The Lincoln Project noted.